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Author:

Davies, Catherine, 1952-

Title:

South American independence : gender, politics, text / Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster and Hilary Owen.

Publisher:

Liverpool University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xi, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women's rights--Latin America--History.
Latin American literature--History and criticism.
Latin America--History--Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.

Other Authors:

Brewster, Claire, 1957-
Owen, Hilary, 1961-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-301) and index.

Contents:

South American independence : war, liberty, gender, text -- Figuring out the feminine : the writings of Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) -- Troped out of history : gender slippage and woman in the poetry of Andres Bello (1781-1865) -- Competing masculinities and political discourse : the writings of Esteban Echeverria (1805-51) -- Satirised woman and counter-strategies -- Women, war and Spanish American independence -- Women, letter-writing and the wars of independence in Chile -- Gender, patriotism and social capital : Josefa Acevedo and Mercedes Marin -- Gender and revolution in southern Brazil : restitching the Farroupilha Revolt in the works of Delfina Benigna da Cunha and Ana de Barandas -- Juana Manso (1819-75) : women in history -- Conclusions: South America, gender, politics, text.

Series:

Liverpool Latin American studies ; new series, 7

ISBN:

9781846310270
184631027X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)82123840

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)